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Against Type: A Walla Walla Tasting Room For an Italian Varietals Producer

A 2,300 sq ft agricultural structure north of downtown Walla Walla, converted into a tasting room for a winemaker working with Italian varietals in a region better known for Bordeaux and Rhône-style wines. The design draws on the building's honest utilitarian origins and a material palette rooted in traditional Italian agrarian architecture.

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Rethinking the Winery: Adaptive Reuse for Boutique Producers in Walla Walla

An adaptive reuse project transforming a 24,000 sq ft industrial building outside downtown Walla Walla into a collaborative production facility for multiple boutique winemakers. The project deliberately departs from the traditional estate winery model - no chateau, no hilltop, no pretense of a single proprietor's domain.

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Designing The Walla Walla Hillside Residence

A new single-family residence on a south-facing vineyard hillside in Walla Walla. The design uses a clean T-plan configuration to separate the communal and private wings, step the building into the natural topography, and orient every major space toward vineyard and Blue Mountain views - while building in the provisions for long-term accessibility from the start.

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1,000 Square Feet on Orcas Island: A Chef's Home in the San Juan Islands

A 1,000 sq ft ranch-style home on Orcas Island, comprehensively redesigned for a professional chef and a young family. The design relocates the kitchen to the center of the plan, converts an 8-foot wraparound porch into the main living connection between inside and outside, and introduces three skylights and exposed roof trusses to a room that had neither.

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